Whitehall School Director Gives Prize To District

John S. Klusarits, a Whitehall School Board member, made the most of an award he had received for community service in education last night by turning it over to his school district.

Klusarits, 59, was given the 1985 Air Products Excellence in Community Service Award for his work in the field of education. The Whitehall man is senior contract manager for the firm's government sales division.

Last night, at a School Board meeting, Klusarits donated the $500 cash prize to the district's Presidential Classroom Award, a program that sends one Whitehall student to Washington, D.C., for a week each year. Because of Klusarits' gift, two students will be able visit the nation's capital next spring.

Klusarits, a School Board member for eight years, has worked on the district's capital improvement project and was instrumental in organizing a five-year computer acquisition program, which has brought about 110 personal computers to Whitehall's students.

Each year Air Products honors its employees by handing out awards in five categories.